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US to block Virgin-Delta deal? |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Plans by Australia's Virgin Group and the USA's Delta to collaborate on flights between Australia and the US are under threat after the US Transportation Department said it expects to deny their request for antitrust immunity.
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Degree course next year - AFIF |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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More details have come to hand on the Australian Federation of International Forwarders’ (AFIF’s) new degree course in International Freight Forwarding and Logistics.
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Virgin-Delta pact under threat |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Although the trans-Pacific alliance between Virgin Blue and Delta Air lines has long been seen as a 'done thing', the US Department of Transportation (Dot) reportedly has 'tentatively' turned it down.
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Air France group cargo marginally higher |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Cargo traffic was marginally higher, but August passenger traffic at Air France-KLM fell for the first time since it was hit by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud in April.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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The first direct international flight - by USA carrier Delta - between the USA and Liberia in more than twenty years has taken place.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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A new strike ballot by UK carrier British Airways' cabin crew now looks "inevitable", according to union Unite.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Dozens of flights to and from French airports were cancelled Tuesday due to a general strike.
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First of three freighters to HK Airlines |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Global leasing company Aircastle has taken delivery of the first of the three A330 freighter aircraft and placed it on long-term lease to Hong Kong Airlines.
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All good at China Eastern |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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China Eastern Airlines says it handled 2,122 million tonne kilometres of cargo and mail in the first six months of the year.
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Ben Gurion strike averted |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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The Israel Airports Authority employees' union has cancelled threatened strike action.
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Mexicana under administration |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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A Mexican judge has granted airline company Grupo Mexicana (Mexicana) protection from creditors ahead of presumably drastic restructuring of the company.
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Gulf puts up its hand for BA |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Middle East carrier Gulf Air says it is 'ready' for acquisition talks with UK carrier British Airways.
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Naked body scanners go for cartoon look |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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L-3 Communications and OSI Systems' Rapiscan, makers of full-body airport passenger imaging scanners, are to change the images to show generic figures rather than an actual image of a passenger's body.
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BA-AA jv live from October |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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UK carrier British Airways and joint venture partner USA-based AMR Corporation's American Airlines say their agreement will go live from next month.
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Virgin averts pilot strike |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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UK-based Virgin Atlantic has resolved its labour dispute with pilots concerned the carrier wanted to cut their annual days off.
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Freighter demand on the rise |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 |
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Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) says the fact it has completed four 737SF conversions in the third quarter is indicative of an upturn in global air cargo demand.
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